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Alkali Lake (Oregon)
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<h2 id="plants">Plants</h2> <p>Plants known to occur in the dunes immediately north of the lake include:<a class="footnote-ref" id="fnref:5" href="#fn:5"><sup>5</sup></a> </p> <ul><li><a href="/facts/Buckwheat_Family/TJmYwq8c">Buckwheat Family</a> <ul><li><a href="/facts/Eriogonum_vimineum/YlX9WyhL">Broom Buckwheat</a></li></ul></li> <li><a href="/facts/Goosefoot_Family/8tkMs8jo">Goosefoot Family</a> <ul><li><a href="/facts/Grayia_spinosa/60LFjXqc">Spiny Hopsage</a></li></ul></li> <li><a href="/facts/Mustard_Family/xMjNIBzU">Mustard Family</a> <ul><li><a href="/facts/Stanleya_(plant)/63W278Ey">Stanleya</a> or <a href="/facts/Guillenia/yp6duTV6">Guillenia</a> sp.</li></ul></li> <li><a href="/facts/Evening-primrose_family/Xkr2Wxm5">Evening-primrose family</a> <ul><li><a href="/facts/Oenothera_caespitosa/e2QATclX">Desert Evening-primrose</a></li></ul></li> <li><a href="/facts/Parsley_Family/YtVJ0nBk">Parsley Family</a> <ul><li><a href="/facts/Rhysopterus/8TEBR5uL">Rhysopterus plurijugus</a></li></ul></li> <li><a href="/facts/Polemoniaceae/AwFCxeXs">Phlox Family</a> <ul><li>Great Basin Gilia</li></ul></li> <li><a href="/facts/Borage_Family/wGbPMTXF">Borage Family</a> <ul><li><a href="/facts/Cryptantha_circumscissa/440bsMtH">Matted Cryptantha</a></li></ul></li> <li><a href="/facts/Asteraceae/bouc6v8C">Sunflower Family</a> <ul><li><a href="/facts/Chaenactis_stevioides/tHvGJeE6">Desert Pincushion</a></li> <li><a href="/facts/Ericameria_nauseosa/sLUd4hla">Gray Rabbitbrush</a></li> <li><a href="/facts/Townsendia_florifer/FFE3F5o3">Showy Townsend Daisy</a></li></ul></li></ul> <h2 id="climate">Climate</h2> <p>According to the <a href="/facts/K%C3%B6ppen_Climate_Classification/VDcr86hF">Köppen Climate Classification</a> system, Alkali Lake has a <a href="/facts/Steppe_climate/XnSYao1E">steppe climate</a>, abbreviated "BSk" on climate maps. </p> <table><tbody><tr><th colspan="14">Climate data for Alkali Lake</th></tr><tr><th scope="row">Month</th><th scope="col">Jan</th><th scope="col">Feb</th><th scope="col">Mar</th><th scope="col">Apr</th><th scope="col">May</th><th scope="col">Jun</th><th scope="col">Jul</th><th scope="col">Aug</th><th scope="col">Sep</th><th scope="col">Oct</th><th scope="col">Nov</th><th scope="col">Dec</th><th scope="col">Year</th></tr><tr><th scope="row">Record high °F (°C)</th><td>63(17)</td><td>72(22)</td><td>78(26)</td><td>88(31)</td><td>97(36)</td><td>100(38)</td><td>108(42)</td><td>105(41)</td><td>101(38)</td><td>90(32)</td><td>75(24)</td><td>69(21)</td><td>108(42)</td></tr><tr><th scope="row">Mean daily maximum °F (°C)</th><td>42.2(5.7)</td><td>46.1(7.8)</td><td>51.2(10.7)</td><td>59.1(15.1)</td><td>69.1(20.6)</td><td>77.9(25.5)</td><td>87.7(30.9)</td><td>86.4(30.2)</td><td>78.1(25.6)</td><td>65.8(18.8)</td><td>49.9(9.9)</td><td>41.9(5.5)</td><td>63(17)</td></tr><tr><th scope="row">Mean daily minimum °F (°C)</th><td>19.2(−7.1)</td><td>22.5(−5.3)</td><td>25.1(−3.8)</td><td>28.7(−1.8)</td><td>35(2)</td><td>42.2(5.7)</td><td>46.8(8.2)</td><td>45.5(7.5)</td><td>37.1(2.8)</td><td>29.6(−1.3)</td><td>24.4(−4.2)</td><td>18.8(−7.3)</td><td>31.2(−0.4)</td></tr><tr><th scope="row">Record low °F (°C)</th><td>−38(−39)</td><td>−26(−32)</td><td>−11(−24)</td><td>6(−14)</td><td>4(−16)</td><td>23(−5)</td><td>30(−1)</td><td>26(−3)</td><td>14(−10)</td><td>−2(−19)</td><td>−10(−23)</td><td>−33(−36)</td><td>−38(−39)</td></tr><tr><th scope="row">Average <a href="/facts/Precipitation/uq3nGQc8">precipitation</a> inches (mm)</th><td>0.61(15)</td><td>0.54(14)</td><td>0.77(20)</td><td>0.84(21)</td><td>1.22(31)</td><td>1(25)</td><td>0.48(12)</td><td>0.64(16)</td><td>0.48(12)</td><td>0.69(18)</td><td>0.73(19)</td><td>0.66(17)</td><td>8.65(220)</td></tr><tr><th scope="row">Average snowfall inches (cm)</th><td>2.9(7.4)</td><td>1.8(4.6)</td><td>1.8(4.6)</td><td>1.4(3.6)</td><td>0.5(1.3)</td><td>0.1(0.25)</td><td>0(0)</td><td>0(0)</td><td>0(0)</td><td>0.2(0.51)</td><td>2(5.1)</td><td>3.8(9.7)</td><td>14.4(37)</td></tr><tr><th scope="row">Average precipitation days</th><td>5</td><td>5</td><td>7</td><td>6</td><td>6</td><td>5</td><td>2</td><td>3</td><td>3</td><td>4</td><td>6</td><td>6</td><td>58</td></tr><tr><td colspan="14">Source: <a class="footnote-ref" id="fnref:6" href="#fn:6"><sup>6</sup></a></td></tr></tbody></table> <h2 id="see-also">See also</h2> <ul><li><a href="/facts/Alkali_Lake_State_Airport/CWDPQaz3">Alkali Lake State Airport</a></li></ul> <h2 id="works-cited">Works cited</h2> <ul><li>McArthur, Lewis A. Oregon Geographic Names, Fourth ed. 1974. Edwards Brothers. Ann Arbor, MI</li> <li><a href="https://fws.gov/oregonfwo/Species/Data/HuttonTuiChub/default.asp">U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service, Oregon Field Office</a></li></ul> <h2 id="references">References</h2> <ol> <li id="fn:1"><p>US Fish & Wildlife Service website <a href="#fnref:1" class="footnote-back-ref">↩</a></p></li> <li id="fn:2"><p>McArthur, p. 10 <a href="#fnref:2" class="footnote-back-ref">↩</a></p></li> <li id="fn:3"><p>US Fish & Wildlife Service website <a href="#fnref:3" class="footnote-back-ref">↩</a></p></li> <li id="fn:4"><p>McArthur, p. 10 <a href="#fnref:4" class="footnote-back-ref">↩</a></p></li> <li id="fn:5"><p>"Alkali Lake: 6/24/2003". <a href="http://science.halleyhosting.com/nature/bloomtime/centralo/03/30.htm" target="_blank">http://science.halleyhosting.com/nature/bloomtime/centralo/03/30.htm</a> <a href="#fnref:5" class="footnote-back-ref">↩</a></p></li> <li id="fn:6"><p>"ALKALI LAKE, OR (350118)". Western Regional Climate Center. Retrieved November 22, 2015. <a href="http://www.wrcc.dri.edu/cgi-bin/cliMAIN.pl?or0118" target="_blank">http://www.wrcc.dri.edu/cgi-bin/cliMAIN.pl?or0118</a> <a href="#fnref:6" class="footnote-back-ref">↩</a></p></li> </ol>